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The Reserve Bank of India has announced that half a million citizens have already embraced the digital rupee. According to the central bank, 5,000 merchants in the South Asian country accepted the ...

The government has taken a new step towards changing the way welfare benefits can be delivered digitally. A Central Bank ...

One of India's biggest retailers said it will allow customers to use a digital rupee to pay for purchases. Reliance Retail, the nation's largest retail chain, will be among several merchants accepting ...

Nearly four years after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the pilot for the digital rupee, the central bank's flagship ...

India will implement a CBDC-based Direct Benefit Transfer under PMGKAY in Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, ensuring ...

India's central bank digital currency, the digital rupee, crossed a million transactions in a day on Dec. 27, 2023 – but with at least a little help from retail banks' own employees. CoinDesk has ...

Although the e-rupee was launched with much fanfare, adoption has been somewhat subdued. India launched its long-awaited CBDC pilot in early November – wholesale – and early December – retail – with ...

Reliance Retail, India’s largest retail chain, will start accepting retail payments in digital rupee in a move that could supercharge the adoption of the country’s recently launched CBDC. The Mukesh ...

Bybit, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched a Digital Rupee (eRupee) as a stablecoin for its INR users. This wallet-based mobile payment solution is now live, ...